Looks like a gray extended cab Ford right there in the yard at the Dad's house...Doug's is a silver Dodge.
I've not seen any reports that he hid the vehicles or refused to tell police where they were. If they went to his home to do forensics, that's not very well hidden.
I've also not read exactly when it was they located the vehicles, or who located them. I suspect all this confusion about the vehicles may have more to do with different state and local agencies trying to work together and the resultant red-tape than anything else.
Police could not locate the vehicles from the date of Venus' disappearance until May 4, yet they found Doug on the evening of the first day. His vehicles were missing for eight days. Obviously, they had not been sitting at his house.
Semantics, I guess. Maybe he wasn't "hiding" them (although it sure seems like it) but just wasn't keeping them at his home. :shrug:
Police could not locate the vehicles from the date of Venus' disappearance until May 4, yet they found Doug on the evening of the first day. His vehicles were missing for eight days. Obviously, they had not been sitting at his house.
Semantics, I guess. Maybe he wasn't "hiding" them (although it sure seems like it) but just wasn't keeping them at his home. :shrug:
From the news report:
"Officers located him in the VA town where he lives days after the disappearance, and say his alibi is solid."
So according to police, the husband's alibi is "solid." What does that leave?
1. Husband hired someone to do the dirty work.
2. Victim left voluntarily.
3. Victim was abducted by stranger/acquaintance.
Number 1 is plausible. They need to be checking hubby's bank and phone records and tracing his contacts over the previous few weeks.
Number 2 is plausible, except there is evidence of a struggle in front of the house. They need to be checking the victim's bank and phone records and tracing her contacts over the previous few weeks. Is there someone she'd have voluntarily left with (like Tiffany, who also would "never have left her children")? Also, does she have any history of mental illness? Was she on medication? Has she taken off in the past?
Number 3 is plausible. An acquaintance or stranger could have been watching her and waiting for an opportunity to snatch her. They need to ask neighbors about anyone hanging around in the area in the weeks previous to her disappearance, not just that morning.
The fact that her husband has what the police describe as a "solid" alibi throws a monkey wrench into this thing.
If the alibi was rock-solid -- like he's on videotape at work or something -- I think the police wouldn't be interested in his vehicles. There's a lot they're not saying. For instance, a description of the guy who came out of the woods and scared the neighbor. Was he a 250 lb dude with a military haircut, or not?
Still, the weirdness with the cars -- two cars -- makes me think there's a good chance someone else was involved.
I was checking to see if they have bears there, i suppose but didn't find anything. They definitely have cougars in that county.
Answered my own question. According to one of the applications for a PPO, the victim had a history of anxiety, anger, and mood problems, and that she had gone off her medication. Was she bipolar? Is she on meds currently? Why did her husband have custody back in the day? He claimed to be just as afraid of her as she was of him. I wonder what the real story is.
In other words, according to Doug, she had a history of anxiety, anger, and mood problems.
At this moment, he's accounted for, and she's the one missing. That speaks volumes, in my opinion.
Yes, IIRC, that is what he told the judge.
I can say that MOST PEOPLE at some point in their lives have had anxiety over something, has been angry, and has a mood problem.
Was she unstable? Maybe.
But, from his statement, we can not conclude that. IMO
Police are continuing to ask for assistance from anyone who may have seen Venus Stewart or a silver Mercury sedan with Virginia license plate XNP1453 or silver Dodge Ram pickup truck with Virginia license plate XNP1301. Both of the vehicles are registered to Douglas Stewart, Risko said.
Despite locating Douglas Stewart, police have yet to find the car or pickup truck, Risko said.
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/04/missing_st_joseph_county_woman_1.html
This is all I can find on the vehicles.
WIC for sure; TANF and food stamps? That's more involved, and it could be the parents' income is calculated too. For food stamps, I believe there has to be separate storage and possibly even cooking facilities (or some way to separate them from the others living in the household).